the oligarchical collectivists. That's what you Randroids don't get. Your naive assumptions about the economy and your ridiculous misreadings of philosophy make you an easy target for manipulation. They used your position and your jargon-laden pronouncements as a cover to loot and plunder. Great work Alan. Great work. Mission accomplished."

Turns out when you base all of your decisions on computer generated models that are grounded in factually erroneous assumptions, no matter how impressive sounding the jargon you use when discussing those models, your grounding in reality is about as firmly planted as the demented street-corner preachers in Times Square. You could have just as easily said to congress every time they wanted your excuses for inaction, "shiny wizards bring the rain! let's sit tight for their guidance. Once their fight with the flying spaghetti monster is over, they'll send us the answer via the Invisible Hand and/or carrier pigeon."